HARRIET-A Stirring Biopic Film on Harriet Tubman

HARRIET, the biopic film of Harriet Tubman is a compelling tribute to the courage of Harriet Tubman who fled from slavery for her freedom & her self-less determination to leed as many slaves to freedom despite overwhelming perils endangering her own life.  Cynthia Erivo's strapping and emotional portrayal of Tubman earned her an Oscar nom. for Best Actress.  The only other nom. received for this sobering & stultifying examination of slavery in America was Best Song.  The Oscar is deserved in both categories.   Moreover, the Academy's failure to acknowledge the film for Best Picture or to nominate its supporting actors is appalling.  Needless, the abhorrent practice of slavery in our country is contemptible.  HARRIET is a compelling film that scrutinizes the barbarity & inconceivable notion that a human being should ever be considered as someone's property which makes this biopic film so omnipotent.  It would be captious to fault the movie for being entertaining despite dealing with such a serious & repugnant practice in our nation's history.  It's a riveting film that's heartrending and commendable for serving to remind us of the barbarity of slavery and for depicting the moral convictions & humanity that prevails amidst an overriding evil & controlling society.  The emotional pain & disavowal of human life is keenly felt without relying on graphic images of savagery.  The movie is guilty to some extent of softening the aesthetic harshness of this epoch and for scoring (other than the beautiful & moving songs) too heavy handed.  Entertainment as education is a symbiotic hybrid at its best when it serves to remind and enlighten.  HARRIET is a film of this elk. This commanding film captures that terrifying journey with an enduring empathy.  There's an exceptional cast of supporting actors sorely overlooked for nominations that imprinted the realities of heinous institutions and the best of mankind.  Joe Alwyn as the sleek & sinister slave owner and Leslie Odom, Jr., as a free Blackman with the Underground Railroad are both convincingly despicable and honorably heroic. For those who thought they knew but in reality didn't know or forgot they knew, HARRIET is a critically historic film that is deserving of critical acclaim.  More importantly, it's a provocative work of art that expands our knowledge of Harriet Tubman, the history of slavery and our understanding of the toxic roots of systemic bigotry and hatred that persists which compels us towards establishing a civilization of justice.